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Siachen is a symbol of the worst aspects of their relationship." [61] In the book Asymmetric Warfare in South Asia: The Causes and Consequences of the Kargil Conflict, Khan, Lavoy and Clary wrote: The Pakistan army sees India's 1984 occupation of the Siachen Glacier as a major scar, outweighed only by Dhaka's fall in 1971.
Operation Meghdoot was the codename for the Indian Armed Forces operation to take full control of the Siachen Glacier in Ladakh.Executed on the morning of 13 April 1984, it marks the highest battlefield in the world.
The first full account of the Siachen war to be told from the Indian and Pakistani sides. V. R. Raghavan, Siachen: Conflict Without End, Viking, New Delhi, 2002; TIME Asia's cover story on Siachen Glacier (July 11, 2005) Kunal Verma / Rajiv Williams, The Long Road to Siachen: the Question Why, Rupa & Co., New Delhi, 2010
The Siachen conflict between India and Pakistan began over the disputed 1,000-square-mile (2,600 km 2) [3] Siachen Glacier region in Kashmir.The conflict was started in 1984 by India's successful capture of the Siachen Glacier as part of Operation Meghdoot, and continued with Operation Rajiv in 1987.
The Kashmir conflict is a territorial conflict over the Kashmir region, primarily between India and Pakistan, and also between China and India in the northeastern portion of the region. [1] [2] The conflict started after the partition of India in 1947 as both India and Pakistan claimed the entirety of the former princely state of Jammu and ...
1984 Siachen conflict — in the Siachen Glacier area of the Kashmir geographic region, and part of the ongoing Kashmir conflict and the Indo-Pakistani wars. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Pakistan's establishment of the Quaid Post on this peak threatened Indian movement on the western Siachen Glacier. An Indian task force, led by Major Varinder Singh , launched multiple attacks on the Pakistani troops stationed at the post in an attempt to capture it.
Uprisings of the Kashmir conflict (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Military operations of the Kashmir conflict" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.